Buoyant insulating and protective overalls



' June 15, 1943. E c, CRAI ETAL 2,321,583

BUOYANT INSULATING AND PROTECTIVE OVERALLS Filed Feb. 17, 1941 CELLULAR RUBBER gVENTgRS Pal QVieya ATTORNEY Patented June 15, 1943 BUOYANT INSULATING AND PROTECTIVE OVERALLS Edward 0. Craig, United States Navy, ancL Glen W. Leyde, Arlington, Va.

Application February 17, 1941, Serial No. 379,371

3 Claims. (Cl. 9-20) (Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as

amended April 30, 1928; 370 O. G. 757) This invention relates to buoyant insulating and protective overalls and has for an object to provide a form-fitting suit of overalls primarily designed for protection of the wearer against cold weather, wetness and wind, particularly on shipboard, and further provides a certain amount of buoyancy should the wearer fall or be swept overboard,

A still further object of this invention is to provide overalls which are light, soft and flexible, and will not hamper the activities of the wearer.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a pair of overalls of soft, flexible and buoyant material which are form-fitting.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, com bination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the overalls of this invention;

Figure 2 is a back elevational view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational View of the overalls partly broken away; and

der to make the legs l4 snug or form-fitting, their outer edges are left open, commencing from about the hipline down to the ankles and, instead of being integrally fastened together, they are provided with separable fasteners 21 for fastening the same in closed position after the overalls are in position on the wearer.

Other modifications and changes in the proportions and arrangements of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the nature of the invention, Within the scope of what is hereinafter claimed.

The invention described herein may be manuf actured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

1. Buoyant insulating protective overalls comprising an interlining of soft, light, flexible, buoyant form-retaining material, an inner lining and an outer lining, said interlining comprising a plurality of sections integrally secured together,

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of said sections consisting of expanded cellular Figure 1, partly broken away. rubber, said sections consisting of four vertical- There is shown at 10 the overalls of this inly extending sections, two front sections thereof vention consisting principally of an interlining being joined to form the front of the waist porof light,soft and flexible material II which is also tion, two rear sections thereof being joined to buoyant and windproof, such as expanded cellu- 3:) form the rear of the waist portion, each of said lar rubber. This interlining H is divided in five front sections being joined to its corresponding sections in making up the present overalls, four said rear section below the crotch thereby proof the sections extending from about the waistviding leg portions, and separable fasteners exline 12 downwardly to provide the trunk portion tending along the outer edges of said joined front l3 and leg portions 14. From the waistline l2 and rear leg portions making the leg portions to the crotch portion, the two back sections are snugly form-fitting. joined together by means of a vulcanized strip 2. Buoyant insulating protective overalls coml5, which strip extends part way along the correprising an interlining of soft, light, flexible, sponding joining edges of the front sections as buoyant form-retaining material, an inner linfar as a separable fastener fly portion l6. Below lo ing and an outer lining, said interlining compristhe crotch, the front and back sections are each ing a plurality of sections integrally secured tojoined along their inner edges by vulcanized gether, said sections consisting of expanded celstrips 20 to thereby form the leg portions i4. lular rubber, said sections consisting of four ver- Above the waistline l2 the fifth section of extically extending sections, two front sections panded cellular rubber 2| is joined thereto by 2 thereof being joined to form the front of the Vu ca i strip 22 forming t e st po o waist portion, two rear sections thereof being the overalls. joined to form the rear of the waist portion,

Conventional overall straps 23 extend from the each of said front sections being joined to its top of the rear portion over to the top of the corresponding said rear section below the crotch chest portion 2| and are provided with the cus- 50 thereby providing leg portions, separable fastentomary buckles 24, The inner face of the expanded rubber interlining H is covered with an inner lining 25 of cloth, such as light gabardine or flannel, while the outer face is covered with a cloth 26, such as gabardine or drill cloth. In orers extending along the outer edges of said joined front and rear leg portions making the leg porticns snugly form-fitting, and a fifth section secured across the top of the joined front portions and providing a chest portion.

of said front sections being joined to its corresponding said rear section below the crotch thereby providing leg portions, and separable fasteners extending along the outer edges of said joined front and rear leg portions making the leg portions snugly form-fitting, said interlining sections being integrally secured together by means of a joining strip vulcanized across the joined edges.

EDWARD C. CRAIG.

GLEN W. LEYDE. 

